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one Navy station (the equivalent of 7 consecutive weeks of observations)
Mthout a chargeable error. This is a commendGbls reoord, Field sta-
tions with similar records for accuracy are Louisville, Tatoosh Island,
APalachicola, and Ogden., --
INDEX NUMBER PUBLICATION
A supply of the new index number publication entitled “International
Index Numbers for Stations in North America:’ dated April 1, 1944
and copies of Index Number Notice, dated April 16, 1944 have beon
@ailed to all Regional ()floes for dietribution to field stations.
The new North Aniorican index number list, dated April 1, 1944,
suporcedes Part 111, 1942 Weather Code, dated October 16, 1942 and
subsequent amendments to the latter publication.
stations which have not received copies of these lists (dated April 1,
and 16) should notify their Regional Office.
USE OF RIVER STAGE RECORDER SHEETS
Any station still using Weather Bureau river stage rccorder sheets,
I WB Forms No. 1018, 1018C, 1018D, or 1018E, is requested to report
h e number of forms on hand and the number required annually. In-
*ormation should be marked for the attontion of the Synoptic Reports
and Forecasts Division, for receipt not later than June 16, 1944.
LEAVE FOR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
In response to a request from R. B. Handy, Jr., Adjutant General, Vet-
?ans of Foreign Wars, the Secretary of Commerce has issued instruc-
tione that leave be granted eo far tm publio business will permit, to em-
DlOyee members of this organization who wish to attend the Forty-
fifth National Encampment to be held in Chicago, August 22 to 24,1944,
inclusive.
ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANZATION, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Effective March 23,1944, the administrative functions at New Orleans
h e transferred from tho city office, 317 Post Office Building, to the ah-
Port office, New Orleans Airport. All correspondonce, except that which
‘elates to section center work, should be addremod to Weather Bureau
Airport Station, New Orleans 12, La.
FIRST- ORDER STATIONS ESTABLISHED
Effective March (3, 1944, a first-order station was established at Austin,
h., in lieu of the airway station at that point. The observational
Program consists of hourly surface reports with additive data at 3- and
Qourly periods.
Effective March 26, 1944, a first-order station wm established at Clayt?n,
N, Mex., in lieu of the airway station at that point. The obsorvatlonal
program consists of hourly surface reports with additive data at
** and &hourly periods.